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Flickr group: pic of the day – bongo May 23 2008

Bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus) are the largest and heaviest forest antelope. They are a distinctive chestnut colour that darkens as they age.

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Flickr group: pic of the day – Impalas Apr 14 2008

Impalas are slender, reddish brown antelopes that are mostly found in Southern Africa and some parts of East Africa.

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A fruitful wait at the river pool Apr 8 2008

Sometimes, it pays just to sit and wait. When the Earth-Touch crew arrived at a pool in a tributary of the Black Umfolozi River in South Africa’s Imfolozi Game Reserve, they decided just to enjoy the view and see what happened.

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Did you know? Red duiker Apr 2 2008

Red duikers are tiny, thickset antelopes which are usually solitary, though you might spot a pair or even three of them if you’re really lucky.

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Did you know? Tsessebe Jan 29 2008

Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) are highly territorial antelope. Males regularly patrol and mark their range.

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Did you know? Lechwe Dec 7 2007

The lechwe (Kobus leche) is dependent on a wetland habitat. This grazing antelope is almost always found near water, drinking up to three times a day in hot weather and resting near water at night.

It is a good swimmer and can feed on aquatic plants at depths of up to 60cm (24in).

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Cheetah looks for a meal Dec 6 2007

It is fairly unusual to see a single male cheetah in the wild, as males usually form small groups. But in the Earth-Touch clip, Lone cheetah on the hunt, filmed in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, you can see a hungry-looking male watching a herd of impala from the vantage point of a termite mound.

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Did you know? - Springbok Sep 6 2007

Springbok are famous for their ‘pronking’, when they jump high in the air, with their feet together and their heads pointed down. Sometimes these pronks can be 2 to 3m (7 to 10 feet) into the air.

Wildlife news from around the world

Artificially inseminated blackbuck gives birth to fawn Aug 30 2007

Male blackbuck Photo: Courtesy Wikipedia

A rare blackbuck, the fastest of the Indian antelopes, gave birth to a fawn in Hyderabad, India, last week, after being artificially inseminated.

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Touching the Earth Aug 29 2007

By Tara Turkington, editorial team

It’ is winter and the sun is bathing the bush in an early-morning wash of light. We’’re bumping along slowly in our Volkswagen Combi on a dirt road near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, when we see a long-legged dog running briskly towards us.